Dr. Konety is currently The Henry P. Russe, MD, Dean of Rush University Medical College. He is also the Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs, Rush University System for Health. A Professor in the department of Surgery, division of Urology.

Dr. Konety was the Associate Dean for Innovation and Director of the Institute for Prostate and Urologic Cancers at the University of Minnesota Medical School. A distinguished professor, Dr. Konety also held the Dougherty Family Chair in Uro-Oncology. He had multiple leadership positions during his tenure at the University of Minnesota. He was Chair of the Department of Urology for more than a decade, Associate Director for Clinical Affairs at the Masonic Cancer Center and Chair of the Oncology Service Line Steering committee and also served as Chair of the Finance Committee, the Chief Executive Officer University of Minnesota Physicians and Chief Clinical Officer for MHealth Fairview .

Dr. Konety completed his residency, MBA and American Foundation for Urologic Disease Research Scholar fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his urologic oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

An accomplished clinician, researcher and scholar, Dr. Konety has authored or co-authored over 300 peer reviewed publications, numerous book chapters and edited two books. He has been and is principal or co-investigator on grants funded through the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, American Geriatrics Society, and Center for Disease Control.

Dr. Konety is an active member of numerous professional medical societies including the American Urological Association, the American College of Surgeons, Societe Internationale D’Urologie (SIU) and the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons. He is the former President of the SIU, the Society of Academic Urology and the Minnesota Urologic Society. He has been the Associate Editor of the Journal of Urology. He is also a member of several other editorial boards and the executive leadership of several societies. He has received the Jahnigen Career Development Scholar Award, the Ferdinand Valentine fellowship of the New York Academy of Medicine. He has trained and mentored scores of students, residents and fellows. He is an internationally recognized expert on prostate and bladder cancer and is consistently recognized on the Best Doctors of America and Top Doctors lists.